Why would you say too late? I've read on the boards about combining accounts from Citi all the time. I'm guessing every case didn't involve one account that wasn't yet activated. Is this a new policy change or something?

The old one is Citi Dividend Plat Select. And the new one is Citi Diamond Rewards. Both Mastercard if that's any help.

Originally posted by blackie Why would you say too late? I've read on the boards about combining accounts from Citi all the time. I'm guessing every case didn't involve one account that wasn't yet activated. Is this a new policy change or something?

The old one is Citi Dividend Plat Select. And the new one is Citi Diamond Rewards. Both Mastercard if that's any help.

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We've combined with no problem both before and after activation.

"I've been comparing the terms of the cards and I just don't think I'm going to get much use from my <card name> card. I'd like to consolidate its credit line with my <other card name> card and then close it. Can you take care of that for me?" If for some reason they can't, as George suggested, call back and get another rep.

We have also kept two tradelines open with Citi and moved the credit limit back and forth between them. This allows for taking advantage of whichever has the best rates for BTs, promotional specials etc at any given time.

The only thing we haven't been able to avoid is the new line reporting. It has reported with a zero high credit and zero balance every time we've gotten a new one and combined it.

Originally posted by blackie Why would you say too late? I've read on the boards about combining accounts from Citi all the time. I'm guessing every case didn't involve one account that wasn't yet activated. Is this a new policy change or something?

The old one is Citi Dividend Plat Select. And the new one is Citi Diamond Rewards. Both Mastercard if that's any help.

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Why would you say too late?

READ ON....

You should really do it BEFORE you activate it "IF" you have no intentions on keeping it...

It "MAY" not be too late...it just all depends "WHO" you talk to at CITIBANK...

Does the closed line always change to $0 on your credit report, even if you leave it open for a bit? In other words, even if you had a credit line/high balance reporting for a while - did it change to $0 when the transfer of the climit to the new card occurred?